THE MIRROR

THE MIRROR (AYNEH), 1997
Iran | 35mm, Color, 85' | Persian
Director: Jafar Panahi
Cast: Mina Mohammad Khani, Mohtaram Shirzad, Rajab Mojdehi

In this film, which won the Golden Tulip at the İstanbul Film Festival, the little actress in The White Balloon plays the leading role once more! Little Mina doesn’t find her mother on her way out of school. She doesn’t know the address of her home, and, striving to look for her house, she takes the wrong bus, gets off at the wrong stops; finally a well-meaning driver helps her out. You will enjoy watching this film which through the eyes of little Mina mirrors the socio-cultural life in modern-day Iran.